Background Austropotamobius torrentium is a freshwater crayfish species native to central
and south-eastern Europe, with an intricate evolutionary history and the highest genetic …

The stone crayfish, Austropotamobius torrentium, is a European freshwater crayfish.
Although this species is relatively widespread throughout the continent, it is undergoing …

Accurate taxonomic classification of deep-sea taxa is often impeded by the presence of
highly morphologically similar but genetically distinct species. This issue is particularly …

In Bosnia and Herzegovina, four species of indigenous European freshwater crayfish have
been identified: noble crayfish (Astacus astacus), narrow-clawed crayfish (Pontastacus …

Numerous native European freshwater crayfish populations are in decline due to the lethal
disease crayfish plague caused by the pathogen Aphanomyces astaci (Oomycetes) …

Brown trout is a salmonid fish with a natural range extending throughout western Eurasia
and North Africa. Due to its commercial value, it has also been introduced worldwide. In …

Abstract The Mediterranean Region is a biodiversity/endemism hotspot whose freshwater
fauna remains largely unexplored. Our integrative study challenges the taxonomic status of …

Species divergence under geographically varying selection across disparate habitats has
intrigued ecologists for decades. The Lake Chilwa inland drainage basin in Malawi has …

Twenty-three morphometric characteristics of spiny-cheek crayfish Faxonus limosus from
Danube, Serbia, were analyzed to describe the general body shape. Forty-eight specimens …

The extinction of species and biodiversity decline are the most severe global consequences
of environmental threats in the Anthropocene era. Freshwater ecosystems are the most …